The aim of this study is to examine the reasons why students are enrolled in Vocational Training Centres (VTCs), which were opened as a result of the changes in vocational education and training with the reflection of neoliberal policies in education in Turkey, their experiences as students, learners and workers, how they define themselves and their rights as students and workers. Vocational Training Centres were established to implement programmes designed for on-the-job learning with a 4-day work, 1-day school system and aim to enable students to learn on the job. In the study, which used qualitative research methods, interviews were conducted with 14 students. As a result of these interviews, it was revealed that these students left formal education and transferred to vocational training centres for economic reasons such as poverty, inability of families to pay school expenses and also as a result of their academic failure at schools. However, in these programmes, in fact students are directly turned into workers, learning processes are not included, working environments are not suitable for children and education, necessary inspections are not carried out, and with the VTC programmes, young labor force in workplaces are also turned into students. It can be said that a "studentifaction" of young labor force and "workerization"of students goes hand in hand with neoliberal policies.